Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 313 · 40 questions

Communication tip (One voice at a time): Polite turn-taking: waiting for a pause, raising your hand, saying “Sorry, go on”, letting all speak once, keeping your turn short. Interrupting: talking over someone, finishing their sentence, shouting the answer, cutting in with a joke, hogging the whole talk. Polite way in: “Can I say something when you finish?” Fair talking time: share equally = minutes ÷ children (24 minutes, 4 children → 6 minutes each); time left = total − time used.

1. 1.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
3. 3.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
4. 4.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) nothing at all (c) “Whatever.” (d) “Sorry, go on.”
6. 6.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: cutting in with a joke? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
7. 7.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
9. 9.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) raise your hand quietly (b) interrupt at once (c) wait for a pause (d) tell her tomorrow
10. 10.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) waiting for a pause (c) raising your hand (d) keeping your turn short
12. 12.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Go on, I’ll share mine after you.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
13. 13.True or false: “Blah blah. Anyway…” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Blah blah. Anyway…” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
16. 16.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
17. 17.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) finishing their sentence (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) cutting in with a joke
18. 18.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
19. 19.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) keeping your turn short (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) waiting for a pause (d) cutting in with a joke
20. 20.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
21. 21.🗣️ Chatting at lunch, one friend has not spoken at all. What can you do? (a) ignore her (b) keep talking (c) ask what she thinks (d) change seats
22. 22.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting for a pause (b) keeping your turn short (c) cutting in with a joke (d) letting all speak once
25. 25.🗣️ In a 24-minute class meeting, 6 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
26. 26.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so all get a turn (c) so you can leave (d) so nobody speaks
27. 27.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 16 minutes. Ananya speaks for 4 minutes, Saanvi for 2 minutes and Diya for 3 minutes. Kabir uses all the time left. How many minutes does Kabir get?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) keeping your turn short (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) waiting for a pause
29. 29.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: shouting the answer? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
31. 31.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) shouting the answer
32. 32.🔄 In a class meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
33. 33.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) saying “Sorry, go on” (d) jumping in mid-sentence
36. 36.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: waiting for a pause? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
37. 37.True or false: “letting all speak once” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
39. 39.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) waiting for a pause (b) letting all speak once (c) jumping in mid-sentence (d) raising your hand

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